Cristina Flores serves as the K12 Strong Workforce Pathway Coordinator for the local educational agencies that feed into Riverside Community College District and is hosted by Jurupa Unified. Her previous experiences relate to college & career planning, educational partnerships, and work-based learning opportunities. 

As a first-year teacher, Victor F. Torres was asked to serve as the pathway advisor for the school’s Future Bilingual Teachers of America program.  In collaboration with the school district’s director of bilingual education services, he helped develop a solid career pipeline that ensured program participants receive multiple Work-Based Learning opportunities to enrich their journey in becoming a teacher. From there on and in every position he has held, he has always championed the importance of providing quality Career and Technical Education programs with a built-in career pipeline leading to employment.   He has a B.A. and B.S. in Secondary Education and a M.A. in Educational Leadership.  He has spent the last 30 years in public education in both urban and rural, socially-economically disadvantaged communities as a high school teacher, middle and high school level principal, PK-12 district administrator, executive director for a non-profit organization supporting charter authorizing professionals, and a county office of education level K-12 Career Pathway coordinator.  Victor’s moral imperative in education is to provide a rigorous, high-quality education to ensure College and Career readiness for ALL students, regardless of background, circumstance or situation.